Jessica Conway, the biological mother of a 2-year-old girl who died while in foster care last month, died of a suspected overdose Wednesday afternoon.

Jessica Conway, the biological mother of a 2-year-old girl who died while in foster care last month, died of a suspected overdose Wednesday afternoon.

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Updated: 6:54 AM EDT Sep 3, 2015

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WEBVTT THE CHILD'S MOTHER. "THE EYE'S" TODD KAZAKIEWICH IN BOSTON WITH THE DOUBLE TRAGEDY FOR THIS FAMILY. TODD: THE D.C.F. INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF 2-YEAR-OLD AVALINA CONWAY-COXON IS STILL ONGOING. NOW COMPOUNDING THE TRAGEDY IS THE DEATH OF HER MOTHER JESSICA CONWAY, FOUND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN AN APARTMENT IN WORCESTER, ACCORDING TO POLICE. SHE WAS 27 YEARS OLD. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE CAUSE OF HER DEATH TO BE DRUG RELATED. NEWSCENTER 5 WAS THERE ON AUGUST 17th AS CONWAY AND HER EX-BOYFRIEND VISITED THE FOSTER HOME IN AUBURN WHERE HER DAUGHTER HAD BEEN LIVING. THAT SAME DAY, CONWAY SPOKE TO US ABOUT THE GRIEF SHE WAS STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH. MY DAUGHTER DIED. MY DAUGHTER WON'T GROW UP. SHE WON'T HAVE A PROM. SHE WON'T HAVE A WEDDING. I WILL NEVER SEE HER SMILE AGAIN. I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO HOLD MY DAUGHTER AGAIN, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS FOSTER HOME. TODD: JESSICA CONWAY HAD BEEN BATTLING DRUG ADDICTION FOR YEARS. IN FACT, THAT CONTRIBUTED TO HER LOSING CUSTODY OF HER DAUGHTER. CONWAY WAS IN REHAB WHEN SHE GOT THE NEWS HER DAUGHTER AVALINA

Mother of child who died in foster care dies of suspected overdose

Jessica Conway, the biological mother of a 2-year-old girl who died while in foster care last month, died of a suspected overdose Wednesday afternoon.